Total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is one of the most common elective surgeries in the United States, with 680,150 procedures performed in 2014, a number that is projected to increase by 189% to 1.28 ...

Ultrasonography (US)-identified features like osteophytes, effusion, meniscal extrusion, cartilage damage, calcium crystals, and popliteal cysts were associated with knee symptoms, radiographic knee ...

Portable wireless ultrasound devices could be key to getting fast, reliable assessment of on-the-field sports injuries, ...

Treatment with low-intensity pulsed ultrasound can hasten the healing of torn ligaments in the knee, while the use of NSAID drugs, such as Celebrex (celecoxib) and Motrin (ibuprofen), has the opposite ...

There is some, although fairly weak evidence that ultrasound may be able to demonstrate reductions in synovial thickness (ST), effusion, and power Doppler signal a week after the administration of ...

Introduction Patellar tendinopathy (jumper's knee) is a common injury in those sports causing high-torque forces on the patella. Several investigations have tried to elucidate its aetiology, being ...

Often regarded primarily as an integral screening tool used throughout pregnancy, ultrasound carries a particular connotation that usually relates to infants, or the OB/GYN field. While this is not ...

Background The pathogenesis of the Osgood-Schlatter's disease (OSD) is still debated. The fragmentation of the ossification centre has been questioned as a definitive sign of OSD and has been seen as ...